Gala

August 29, 2025

By Megan Muehlbauer • September 2, 2025

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
*Optimum*:			12-14% SSC	13-15 lbs	*6-7*
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	2.7	12.4	17.1	5.5	40	sweet, juicy, crisp	ready to pick
Blairstown	Gala	2.2	10.8	25.1	1.7	95	tart, dense, starchy	not ready
Blairstown	September Fuji	2.5	12.5	18.3	5.3	50	sweet, juicy, some starch	could use another week or two
Hackettstown	Gala (Buckeye)®	2.8	12.6	22.5	2.8	95	sweet, juicy	not quite ready
Hackettstown	Zestar!	3	15.9	14.8	7.2	50	very flavorful, sweet	ready to pick
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	2.7	12.3	16.8	5.6	45	sweet and flavorful, juicy, crisp	ready to pick
Chester	Jonamac	2.9	11.4	16.5	4.2	75	flavorful, juicy	ready to pick
Chester	Fulford Gala	3	11.2	18.2	6	75	sweet, juicy, crisp	ready to pick
Chester	Gala	2.8	10.9	19.6	5.2	90	sweet, juicy, crisp	ready to pick
Morristown	Honeycrisp	3.6	12.5	14.9	7.2	35	flavorful and juicy	ready to pick
South Brunswick	Mollys Delicious	3.6	11.9	14	5	55	sweet, light, crisp	ready to pick
South Brunswick	Honeycrisp	3.6	11.9	16	6.5	45	sweet, juicy, flavorful	ready to pick
South Brunswick	Gala	2.8	10.9	19	3.7	45	light, juicy, still some starch	not ready
Dayton	Gala	2.7	10.9	24.7	1.3	50	tart and juicy	not ready
Dayton	Fuji	3.3	8.6	18.9	1	50	tart and juicy	not ready
Dayton	Honeycrisp	3.4	13.3	16.1	6.4	50	sweet, flavorful, juicy	ready to pick
Princeton	Gala	2.8	11.7	21.1	2.8	95.1	crispy juicy mild flavor	OK for a spot pick but could use a little more time
Princeton	Honeycrisp	3.33	12.9	15.7	5.3	55	sweet, juicy, crisp	ready to pick
Princeton	McIntosh	2.08	11.6	15.9	4	91.5	tart and juicy	ready to pick

October 4, 2024

By Rebecca Magron • October 4, 2024

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
*Optimum*:			12-14% SSC	13-15 lbs	*6-7*
Blairstown	Golden Delicious	2.8″	13.1%	15.7	6.3	N/A%	Juicy, starch	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Ida Red	2.9″	10.7%	16.6	5.3	90%	Tart	Ready
Blairstown	Rome	2.5″	10.3%	22.4	4.5	100%	Crisp, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala (+ ReTain)	2.6″	17.2%	18.3	6.7	90%	Very sweet, crisp	Ready
Hackettstown	Empire	2.8″	13.5%	13.7	4.5	95%	Sweet, flavorful	Ready for Spot Pick
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious	3.0″	14.7%	15.8	6.2	N/A	Crisp, sweet, hint of starch	Ready for Spot Pick
Hackettstown	Ida Red	2.8″	11.4%	18.0	5.3	95%	Tart, juicy	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan	3.0″	15.0%	14.7	7	98%	Sweet, crisp	Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	2.8″	14.7%	20.9	5.5	85%	Juicy, sweet, flavorful	Ready for Spot Pick
Hackettstown	Snowsweet	2.8″	15.6%	17.1	8	10%	Very sweet	Ready
Long Valley	Ida Red	2.8″	11.2%	15.3	5.7	95%	Juicy, sweet	Ready
Long Valley	Suncrisp	2.9″	11.9%	19.0	4.0	35%	Tart, crisp, some starch	Not Ready
Milford	Cameo	3.1″	11.7%	17.8	3.6	60%	Crisp, tart, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Golden Delicious	3.2″	10.2%	14.5	7.3	n/a	Sweet, flavorful	Ready
Milford	Granny Smith	3.0″	12.7%	17.6	3.0	n/a	Tart, Crisp	Not Ready
Milford	Mutsu	3.2″	12.2%	17.9	1.7	n/a	Crisp, juicy, starchy	Not Ready
Milford	Winesap	3.0″	12.3	19.5	3.7	90%	Tart, crisp, starch	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Cameo	3.0″	12.5%	17.4	4.0	60%	Tart, juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Evercrisp	3.1″	13.9%	19.3	5.2	60%	Sweet, crisp	Ready for Spot Pick
Princeton	Fuji	2.9″	15.4%	16.4	5.4	35%	Sweet, crisp	Ready
Princeton	Granny Smith	3.2″	12.0%	18.3	3.2	n/a	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Stayman Winesap	3.2″	13.6%	19.2	1.9	75%	Crisp, flavorful, starchy	Not Ready

September 27, 2024

By Megan Muehlbauer • October 2, 2024

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
*Optimum*:			12-14% SSC	13-15 lbs	*6-7*
Blairstown	Golden Delicious	2.6″	10.1%	15.99	3.66	50%	Crisp, starchy	Not Ready
Blairstown	Pinova	2.7″	11.5%	14.94	6.83	80%	Very sweet, flavorful	Ready
Blairstown	Jonagold	3.15″	13.7%	15.07	7	40%	Juicy, crisp, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala (+ ReTain)	2.7″	13%	19.36	4.83	100%	Crisp, juicy, sweet	Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	2.87″	12.2%	15.21	4	90%	Starch, sweet, juicy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Empire	2.8″	14.0%	16.9	5.5	90%	Crisp, juicy, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	2.9″	15.6%	17.3	3.1	70%	Crisp, sweet, juicy	Ready
Long Valley	Empire	2.9″	13.7%	17.8	3.7	95%	Crisp, sweet-tart, starchy	Not Ready
Long Valley	Jonagold	3.3″	13.7%	16.7	7.0	95%	Sweet, Tart, crisp, juicy	Ready
Milford	Cameo	3.3″	13.3%	16.8	2.8	90%	Crisp, starch	Not Ready
Milford	Evercrisp	3.2″	14.2%	16.1	6.7	80%	Crisp, Sweet, flavorful	Ready
Milford	Golden Delicious	3.2″	12.8%	14.5	6.7	60%	Crisp, sweet	Ready
Milford	Mutsu	3.1″	12.0%	19.1	4.2	50%	Crisp, sweet, starchy	Not Ready
Milford	Suncrisp	3.1″	13.8	17.5	3.3	50%	Tart, crisp	Not Ready
Milford	Winesap	3.2″	13.9	18.9	2.3	50%	Dense, crisp, sweet, tart, starchy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Cameo	3.0″	12.3%	15.9	4.3	60%	Crisp, tart	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Red Delicious	3.0″	14.4%	16.3	5.5	90%	Sweet, crisp	Ready
South Brunswick	Nittany	3.1″	12.0%	17.4	2.3	50%	Tart	Not Ready
South Brunswick	Stayman	3.1″	12.1%	17.6	1.7	70%	Very tart, starch	Not Ready
South Brunswick	Suncrisp	3.5″	14.0%	16.6	5.0	0	Crisp, tart, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.1″	12.9%	13.8	6.8	70%	Tart	Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.0″	10.7%	15.7	5.7	0	Crisp, sweet	Ready
Princeton	Red Delicious	2.8″	13.2%	16.2	6.0	90%	Sweet, flavorful	Ready

September 20, 2024

By Megan Muehlbauer • September 20, 2024

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
*Optimum*:			12-14% SSC	13-15 lbs	*6-7*
Blairstown	Early Fuji	2.3″	13.3%	16.10	6.3	75%	Sweet	Ready
Blairstown	Jonagold	2.7″	13%	16.31	4.5	50%	Crisp, starchy	Not Ready
Blairstown	Empire	2.5″	10.9%	19.61	4.5	50%	Very sweet, flavorful	Ready
Blairstown	Spartan	2.4″	11.8%	17.3	6.5	70%	Juicy, tart	Ready
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	2.9″	13.6%	18.74	7	90%	Tart, crisp	Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	2.7″	11.9%	21.45	3.8	80%	Juicy, some starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	2.8″	11.5%	16.84	4.2	80%	Dense, juicy, flavor developing	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Royal Cortland	3.4″	12.3%	15.7	3.2	90%	Sweet and crisp	Ready
Milford	Ambrosia	3.15″	14.4%	17.96	6.5	50%	Sweet, crisp, juicy	Ready
Milford	Banning Red Fruit	2.95″	13.5%	20.35	3.83	50%	Starchy, tart	Not Ready
Quakertown	Ludacrisp	2.95″	13.3%	19.8	4.12	70%	Tart, juicy	Not Ready
Quakertown	Empire	2.65″	13.7%	20.87	3.5	90%	Crisp, starchy	Not Ready
Pittstown	Ludacrisp	3.02″	12.2%	19.46	3.5	80%	Crisp, tart, starchy	Not Ready
Pittstown	Rosalee	2.05″	14.6%	18.36	2.7	60%	Bitter	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Autumn Gala	2.7″	11.4%	18.60	4.33	50%	Tart, juicy, crisp	Ready
East Brunswick	Empire	2.7″	11.4	18.6	4.33	50%	Tart, crisp	Ready
East Brunswick	Fuji	2.93″	15.8	15.31	6.58	50%	Juicy, sweet	Ready
Princeton	Early Fuji	2.7″	12.3%	14.35	7.8	50%	Sweet, crisp, flavorful	Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.2″	13.3%	16.44	4.4	85%	Crisp, sweet, well blended	Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	2.9″	13.5%	18.24	3.5	N/A	Crisp, starch, tart	Not Ready
Princeton	Jonathan	2.9″	13.4%	15.69	7.6	80%	Well blended	Ready
Princeton	Macoun	3.1″	14.2%	13.01	7	80%	Sweet, tart,	Ready
Priceton	Red Delicious	3.0″	12.5%	16.58	5.4	75%	Crisp, Sweet	Ready

September 13, 2024

By Rebecca Magron • September 14, 2024

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Early Fuji	2.4″	11.4%	15.3	5	80%	Starchy, dense	Not Ready
Blairstown	Gala	2.5″	11.4%	17.2	7.2	90%	Sweet, juicy	Ready
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	2.8″	10.7%	13.6	7.3	70%	Very sweet and juicy	Ready
Blairstown	Spartan	2.4″	12.1%	17.2	4.5	80%	Juicy, tart, some starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	2.6″	12.3%	21	2.88	80%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	2.5	10.1	21.6	5.2	100	Juicy, flavorful	Very close
Hackettstown	Day Break Fuji	3.0	14.8	14.2	5.5	80	Very sweet	Very close
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	3.0″	13.2%	16.0	7	80%	Sweet, juicy, flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	2.7	11.3	17.6	2.8	80	Dense, juicy, flavor developing	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Royal Cortland	3.0	12.8	16.5	2.8	80	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	2.6	13.1	16.6	6	100	Crisp, tart	Ready
Long Valley	Cortland	3.4	12.3	16.1	2.2	90	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Long Valley	Gala	2.8″	12.2%	21.0	4.8	100%	Starch variable, sweet flavor developing,	Spot pick
Milford	Ambrosia	3.2″	14.7%	17.9	4.42	70%	Sweet, crisp, juicy	Not Quite Ready
Milford	Banning Red Fruit	3.15″	14.7%	17.9	4.4	70%	Starchy, tart	Not Ready
Milford	Macoun	3.1″	11.9%	16.1	2.8	70%	Flavor developing, juicy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Cortland	3.2	11.7	16.4	1.3	70	Tart, juicy, starchy	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Empire	3.0	12.8	17.2	4.8	40	Juicy and flavorful	Very close to ready
East Brunswick	Fuji	3.0	14.8	15.5	6.5	30	Juicy, sweet	Ready
East Brunswick	Jonagold	3.5	16.1	17.6	5.9	70	Sweet, crispy, juicy	Ready
South Brunswick	Crimson Crisp	3.0	14.6	20.1	5.7	95	Sweet, tart, juicy	Ready
South Brunswick	Gala	2.7	11.2	20.8	5.3	95	sweet, juicy, hint of starcy	Just about ready
South Brunswick	Golden Delicious	3.2	13.2	18	2.2	N/A	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
South Brunswick	Mutsu	3.3	13.1	18.4	2.3	N/A	Tart, juicy, starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Crimson Crisp	2.8″	14.6	22	6.8	90	Crisp, sweet, juicy	Ready
Princeton	Early Fuji	2.4	11.7%	16.2	5.7	70	Sweet, crisp, flavorful	Ready
Princeton	Empire	2.9	11.4	18.3	4.3	70	Crisp, tart, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	2.9	12.2	19.9	2.3	N/A	Crisp, starch, tart	Not Ready
Princeton	Jonathan	2.9	13.7	16	4.8	95	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Macoun	2.9	10.5	14.1	5.5	80	Sweet, tart, starch variable	Ready for spot pick
Priceton	McIntosh	3.0	13.2	14.2	5.8	90	Sweet, tart and flavorful	Ready

September 6, 2024

By Rebecca Magron • September 6, 2024

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Early Fuji	2.5″	12.8%	16.5	5	60%	Starchy, dense	Not Ready
Blairstown	Gala	2.7″	11.6%	16.9	7.4	70%	Sweet, juicy	Ready for Spot Pick
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	2.8″	10.9%	15.1	7.1	70%	Juicy, flavor developing	Ready for Spot pick
Blairstown	Spartan	2.4″	11.7%	20.4	1.8	80%	Juicy, dense, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	2.6″	11.7%	21.1	3.7	80%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	2.8″	12.4%	16.8	4.4	70%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Long Valley	Gala	2.4″	12.4%	22.0	4.2	90%	Starchy, sweet flavor developing	Not Ready
Long Valley	Honeycrisp	3.0″	12.7%	15.1	6.9	70%	Crisp, sweet, flavorful and juicy	Ready
Milford	Ambrosia	3.3″	14.0%	19.5	4.6	50%	Starchy, sweet, not ready	Not Quite Ready
Milford	Banning Red Fruit	3.0″	12.7%	17.8	2.2	50%	Starchy, tart, dense, not ready	Not Ready
Milford	Honeycrisp	3.3″	14.6%	15.1	7.5	90%	Sweet, flavorful, Ready	Ready for spot pick
Milford	Honeycrisp	3.8″	14.3%	14.7	5.7	65%	Crisp, juicy, ready for spot pick	Not quite ready
Milford	Macoun	3.4″	12.3%	15.7	4.2	60%	Sweet and tart, starchy	Not Ready
Milford	Suncrisp	3.3″	14.0%	19.5	4.6	N/A	Starchy, sweet	Not Ready
Princeton	Gala	2.8″	10.5%	17.2	5.6	70%	Sweet, snappy, juicy, some starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Honeycrisp	3.1″	14.0%	15.4	6.3	60%	Sweet, juicy	Ready
Princeton	McIntosh	3.1″	13.4%	15.5	5.8	80%	Tart, juicy	Close to ready

September 14, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • September 16, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Empire	2.8″	12.7%	17.1	2.8	90%	Juicy, some starch	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	3.2″	13.5%	15.0	4.3	50%	Juicy, crisp, sweet, starch variable	Ready for Spot Pick
Blairstown	Spartan	2.8″	14.1%	15.3	3.0	60%	Some sweet, Variable	Spot pick
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	3.0″	12.8%	12.2	5.0	90%	Crisp, juicy, sweet and tart	Ready
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Gibson’	3.1″	12.2%	24.8	1	N/A	Very hard, starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra ‘	3.0″	12.8%	15.3	2.6	N/A	Hard, tart, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Jonagold ‘Crimson’	3.1″	12.8%	15.7	4.8	30%	Juicy, crisp, starchy	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan ‘Ultra Red’	2.9″	12.1%	14.4	5.3	95%	Distinct Flavor, some starch	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	3.0″	10.8%	15.2	2.8	50%	Juicy, flavorful	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	3.0″	14.2%	14.6	5.0	60%	Tart, some starch	Few more days
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	3.0″	11.3%	15.4	3.0	80%	slight starch, juicy	Not quite Ready
Hackettstown	Snowsweet	3.2″	11.8	15.1	7.5	50%	Distinct flavor, sweet, juicy	Ready
Pittstown	Gibson Golden	3.1″	12.2%	15.7	2.6	N/A	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Macoun	2.8″	13.8%	16.9	1.8	60%	Slight starch, juicy, sweet	Not Ready
Pittstown	Thome Empire	3.5″	11.6%	18.7	3.3	85%	Tart, starch, dense	Not Ready
East Burnswick	Cortland ‘Royal’	3.3″	12.5%	16.2	1.0	85%	Very flavorful, starch, juicy, bright white flesh	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Crimson Crisp	2.9″	13.1%	19.6	4.6	80%	Very sweet, dense, juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Daybreak Fuji	3.4″	12.1%	13	5.8	60%	Juicy and sweet	Ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious	2.8″	10.9%	14.8	5.5	N/A	Tart, variable starch	Ready to Spot Pick
East Brunswick	Jonathan ‘Ultra’	3.0″	12.1%	14.7	6.3	90%	Sweet and juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Red Delicious	3.0″	12.1%	14.7	6.3	90%	Sweet, juicy	Ready
Princeton	Auvil Fuji	3.2″	12.8%	12.8	7.0	40%	Sweet, flavorful	Ready
Princeton	Brookfield Gala	2.7″	11.2%	17.9	5.3	60%	Sweet, Flavorful	Ready
Princeton	Crimson Crisp	3.0″	13.5%	21.1	6.5	85%	Flavorful Juicy, Crisp, Tart	Ready
Princeton	Empire	2.9″	11.8%	14.9	4.5	80%	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.0″	12.0%	15.7	4.0	N/A	Flavor developing, some starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious ‘Ultra’	2.7″	10.2%	16.2	7.6	N/A	Flavorful, crisp	Ready for Spot pick
Princeton	Jonathan	3.0″	10.1%	14.7	5.6	90%	Flavorful, juicy	Ready
Princeton	Macoun	3.0″	12.0%	17.3	3.5	80%	Tart, starch	Not Ready

September 7, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • September 9, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Empire	2.9″	12.0%	17.1	3	80%	Slight starch	Not Quite Ready
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	3.5″	11.4%	15.0	4.1	35%	Sweet, juicy	Ready for Spot Pick
Blairstown	Spartan	2.8″	10.9%	14.6	3.2	60%	Some sweet, Variable	Spot pick
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	3.3″	13.2%	19.7	4.1	70%	Crisp, juicy, sweet	A few more days
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	3.2″	10.8%	25.5	1.0	30%	Tart, starchy, hard	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Jonagold ‘Crimson ‘	3.4″	12.0%	15.3	5.0	50%	Slight starch and juicy	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Jonathan ‘Ultra’	3.1″	10.5%	15.0	3.3	90%	Tart, starchy	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Macoun	3.4″	12.1%	15.4	4.3	40%	Tart, Starchy	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	3.0″	12.6%	14.6	4.87	40%	Crisp, some starch	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	3.1″	12.1%	15.9	2.0	50%	Sweet, Juicy, Crisp	Not Ready
Pittstown	Honeycrisp	3.3″	11.4%	13.2	4.0	40%	Crisp and Sweet	Ready for spot pick
Pittstown	Jonathan	2.7″	14.0%	16.4	4.5	95%	Tart and Juicy	Ready
Pittstown	Linda Mac	3.4″	11.4%	14.3	3.5	80%	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Pittstown	Ruby Mac	3.2″	12.1%	13.4	5.6	90%	Sweet, crunchy, juicy, very slight starch	Ready in a couple of days
East Brunswick	Daybreak Fuji	3.3″	11.4%	14.1	5.0	45%	Juicy, Slight Starch	Not Quite Ready
East Brunswick	Golden Delicious	2.9″	10.8%	15.9	5.8	N/A	Juicy and Some Starch	Ready for Spot Pick
East Brunswick	Jonathan ‘Ultra’	2.9″	11.3%	17.2	4.8	87%	Tart, some starch	Not Ready
East Brunswick	Red Delicious	2.9″	9.6%	17.4	3.0	70%	Starchy	Not Ready
Princeton	Bookfield Gala	2.7″	10.4%	21.1	3.1	50%	Sweet, starch	Not Ready
Princeton	Empire	3.0″	11.3%	18.7	3.0	65%	Tart, starchy, hard	Not Ready
Princeton	Golden Delicious	3.1″	11.7%	15.4	5.1	N/A	Juicy, Flavorful	Ready in a couple of days
Princeton	Macoun	2.8″	15.2%	15.8	4.8	50%	Flavorful Juicy	Ready in a couple of days
Princeton	Ruby Mac	3.0″	12.9%	14.7	6.0	90%	Sweet, slightly tart	Ready

August 31, 2023

By Rebecca Magron • September 1, 2023

Location	Variety	Fruit Diameter (in)	Soluble Solids (% Sugar)	Pressure (lbs)	Starch Rating	Percentage of Red in Surface Color	Tasting Notes	Comments
Blairstown	Gala	2.8″	10.8%	18.2	7.5	40%	Fragrant, Juicy, Sweet	Ready
Blairstown	Honeycrisp	3.4″	12.4%	15.7	2.7	30%	Tart, starch	Not Ready
Blairstown	September Wonder Fuji	2.9″	10.3%	15.3	5.5	40%	Juicy, Fresh, Tart	Ready
Hackettstown	Autumn Crisp	3.1″	11.9%	13.2	4.7	70%	Flavorful, juicy, tart	A few more days
Hackettstown	Brookfield Gala	3.1″	14.3%	18.1	6.2	80%	Juicy, crisp, light flavor	Ready
Hackettstown	Buckeye Gala	3.0″	11.8%	26.6	1.0	20%	Tart, green and dense	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Fuji ‘Daybreak’	3.4″	11.6%	14.0	4.5	50%	Sweet, Juicy, Flavorful	Ready
Hackettstown	Honeycrisp	3.1″	12.7%	15.3	2.7	60%	Tart, juicy, slight starch	Not Quite Ready
Hackettstown	Pioneer Mac	3.2″	13.6%	15.4	4.7	50%	Tart, crisp, green, starch	Not Ready
Hackettstown	Ruby Mac	3.3″	10.5%	16.9	2.5	60%	Tart, dense, juicy, some starch	Getting Closer, Not Ready
Pittstown	Blondee	3.0″	11.4%	17.8	6.0	N/A	Flavorful and Juicy	Ready
Pittstown	Buckeye Gala	2.9″	11.7%	17.7	7.3	82.5%	Flavorful and Juicy	Ready
Pittstown	Gale Gala	2.9″	12.5%	13.6	5.2	90%	Some starch	Getting closer, Not Ready
Pittstown	Honeycrisp	3.1″	11.0%	13.8	4.5	50%	Crisp, juicy, slight starch	Not Quite Ready
Pittstown	Jonathan	2.7″	11.3%	18.0	2.0	100%	Sour, hard	Not Ready
Pittstown	Royal Gala	3.1″	10.7%	13.1	8.4	40%	Tart, juicy	Ready
East Brunswick	Daybreak Fuji	3.3″	11.0%	14.8	4.2	50%	Dense, Juicy, Some Starch	Not Quite Ripe
East Brunswick	Honeycrisp	3.3″	11.6%	13.7	6.0	50%	Juicy and Sweet	Ready
East Brunswick	Mollies Delicious	3.7″	11.9%	13.3	5.3	60%	Crisp, juicy, light flavor	Ready
East Brunswick	Royal Gala	2.9″	11.3%	15.9	7.5	60%	Sweet, dry	Ready
Princeton	Bookfield Gala	2.8″	12.1%	20.9	5.2	80%	Slight starch, sweet, juicy	A Few More Days
Princeton	Honeycrisp	3.0″	12.0%	12.8	5.6	40%	Flavorful, juicy, aromatic	Ready
Princeton	Honeycrisp ‘Firestorm’	3.1″	13.3%	15.3	8.0	75%	Aromatic, sweet and juicy	Ready
Princeton	Rising Sun Fuji	3.0″	13.1%	13.8	7.2	40%	Sweet and Juicy	Ready
Princeton	Ruby Mac	2.9″	11.7%	14.9	6.5	85%	Some Starch and Juicy	Another day

August 24, 2023

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